Sintra is a little more than a half hour train ride outside of downtown Lisbon though it is considered part of the city. It is a hilly area with three enormous medieval castles still standing and magnificent gardens. We arrived…
Our first full day in Lisbon started out with a brilliant sunny morning. This Portuguese city is known as the city of seven hills and we were staying on the seventh hill. We were going to explore the Alfama area…
Finally it’s mid March and I think we’ve been released from the ferocious grip of winter. Well, I hope that’s the case. There may be more snow, early spring flurries that will seem tame compared to the storms that we’ve…
I don’t have the time to post a longer blog, but I thought I’d send along this photo. And as they say, “IT AIN’T OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER.” SNOW AGAIN TODAY! I heard from a friend UP north who said…
I’ve stopped complaining about something I can do nothing about, in particular, the weather. In every storm I believe there is a rainbow waiting to come out, and I keep looking for the brighter side to this winter that seems to drag…
Today is February 1st. It might be mid winter, though I’m not sure about that. But it is Super Bowl Sunday and if you are a football fan, it’s a pretty big deal. If not a fan, then it’s a…
I’m into clearing clutter these days, and though we drastically downsized a couple years ago, gathering ‘stuff’ seems to be as natural to me as breathing. So, lesson learned, I will not let ‘stuff’ get the upper-hand in my life.…
The Coney Island Polar Bear Club was founded in 1903 and every New Year’s Day they sponsor a Polar Bear Plunge off the beach and into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s become a big deal in New York City with several…
The sun sits low on the horizon in the winter months. I forget this every year until I see the long shadows cast down the street on a sunny mid afternoon. The weather in NYC this winter has been quite lovely…
Ten years ago we received our first grandchild, Devon. He was born just before a bitterly cold New York winter. For the first couple of months Devon slept though many experiences, like his visit in February 2005 to The Gates,…